Donald Trump took credit for a rumored imminent cease–fire in Syria. “They know I’m going to win,” said Trump. “And they know that once I win, America is going to start winning again. So they have to make nice and be good little boys. I know, I know. Can you believe it? I’m not even sworn in yet, and I’m making America great again.” Trump also took credit for a nationwide decrease in violent crime, again citing the pre-Trump effect. He explained isolated outbursts of crime, like the shootings in Kalamazoo, Michigan, as coming from a similar source. “They know once I’m in the big chair, they won’t get away with this crap. So these sickos are doing it while they can.”